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Steve Farhood has it 57-57.

 

That's a reference to contemporary events in the US.

A fat guy (happened to be a black guy, and this happened to be a short time after the events in Ferguson) was accidentally choked to death by cops subduing him for being loud and crazy in NYC. They didn't realize he was asthmatic or something, and some people think it was excessive force even without knowing that. It was caught on video and went viral and has become a touchstone issue fanning the flames of already high nationwide racial - and, even more so, anti-law enforcement - tensions.

At one point in the video he can be heard saying "I Can't Breathe" and that has become a buzz phrase on Twitter and lots of celebrities and particularly athletes have been wearing it on their clothes & uniforms.

So that's what that is. (I don't know how saturated you are with American news, so you may or may not have known that)

 

Farhood has it 77-75 Pearson.

 

Yep, and the main event after that.

I hope we get highlights of Ron Gavril vs. Jose Miguel Rodriguez Berrio - that might almost make sitting through all the live stuff worth it.

 

Farhood gave Martinez the extremely close 9th, putting Martinez within striking distance of a draw on Farhood's card, now 86-85 Pearson.

 

The southpaw kid is bossing it to close out, very busy while keeping his work sharp and not punching himself out, everything working off the right jab.

He does seem to have that annoying grunting-when-punching habit, but after 10 it doesn't seem to have sapped his energy too badly.

Very clear 10th for Pearson.

 

Steve Farhood has it 96-94 to Christopher Pearson.

 

Final stats:

Jabs
Pearson 50 of 198, 25%
Martinez 16 of 155, 10%

Power
Pearson 104 of 244, 43 %
Martinez 119 of 453, 26%

Total
Pearson 154 of 442, 35%
Martinez 135 of 608, 22%

 

I missed the first half but from what I saw it was a good bit of matchmaking.

 

Official cards

Joel Elizondo 98-92
Glenn Rick Crocker 97-93
Ruben Carrion 97-93

UD for Christopher Pearson